Making crisps!

little_lil

when i was doing slimming world we used to thinly slice potatoes, spray with fry light and then microwave. The end result was normally very good, only problem was you couldn't make that many at once and i kept on eating them as i was making them

Jolaaled

Well.. i tried the oven baked method and they were pretty disastrous..very oily and stuck on hard to the baking sheet! ( Dog liked them tho!).

Think i'll try the micro version next time.

thanks for all your ideas.

comping_cat

Jolaaled wrote:

Well.. i tried the oven baked method and they were pretty disastrous..very oily and stuck on hard to the baking sheet! ( Dog liked them tho!).

Think i'll try the micro version next time.

thanks for all your ideas.

On 'you are what you eat', they didnt use much oil at all, hardly enough to coat them in, so i dont know if that might help next time?

homersimpson_3

i've seen a receipe in a book for this recently but can't tell you the name or author until tommorrow. i'll post it then.

Rachie_B

Jolaaled wrote:

Well.. i tried the oven baked method and they were pretty disastrous..very oily and stuck on hard to the baking sheet! ( Dog liked them tho!).

Think i'll try the micro version next time.

thanks for all your ideas.

how much oil did you use?

just need a light spraying of oil or use a pastry brush to lightly brush the oil over

Blairweech

Here's a recipe where you fry the crisps:

Paprika Crisps

2 potatoes
3 tblspn olive oil
1 tspn paprika
Salt

Slice the potatoes as thinly as possible, so they are almost transparent

Wash the potato slices thoroughly and pat dry

Heat the oil in a frying pan and add the paprika, stirring constantly

Add the potato slices in a single layer

Cook for approximately 5 minutes until the slices begin to curl at the edges

Drain the slices thoroughly and thread onto kebab skewers

Sprinkle with salt and grill for 10 minutes, turning frequently until the slices begin to crisp

Sorry for the patronising tone, it's from my own recipe collection - which has to be patronising otherwise I don't understand! I haven't tried this btw, but if you do, let us know how you get on!

seraphina

The Gillian McKeith recipe was:

Use a potato peeler to pare thin strips of vegetable (parsnips, carrots, beetroot, potato etc). Toss in a teaspoonful of olive oil and then bake for 15 mins at 130 degrees C. Te teaspoonful of oil might not seem like much but it really is enough. If you want them extra crisp dry off the veggies with some kitchen roll before tossing in oil.

I would also add a healthy sprinkling of salt but I suspect McKeith wouldn't approve

piratess

Ive just tried to make these crisps and ive burnt them to a cinder! .. the house still stinks LOL ... i did carrot and potato! they were only in fpr 10 mins... does anyone know what 130 degreess is for Gas ?

also can i make banana crisps? and would i do them in the same way as the root vegs ? ...

oh well back to the drawing board

seraphina

130 degrees C is around gas mark 1, so it's a slow oven.

No idea about banana chips though!

homersimpson_3

i've seen a receipe in a book for this recently but can't tell you the name or author until tommorrow. i'll post it then.

receipe for doing them in oven is in book called 'Sam Stern's Cooking Up A Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook' - ISBN 1-84428-774-2 £9.99.
(ISBN is number on back cover of book).